July 2007

The bandwidth seems to have returned to Vietnam. I am getting between 815 kb/s through 1.1 mb/s download speeds at my house with FPT ADSL now. Granted, it is 4 AM in the…

Blog about Vietnam posted this article from Intellasia: The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Culture and Information are to target bloggers and blog-hosting…

Two more social networks sites aimed at Vietnamese users will launch in Vietnam soon to compete with Yahoo 360, the number one choice for many Vietnamese bloggers today…

Okay, I just realized that I posted way too many IT Geek postings the last week. Time to return back to the world of Vietnam and post another Saigon Rant. The last week…

I was first introduced to Gentoo Linux back in April, 2003. when I was a graduate student at Indiana University - Bloomington. The Unix Student Support Group organized a…

Today I had a nice conversation with a Vietnamese friend about different computer operating systems. She was thinking about purchasing an Apple Powerbook but was worried…

Vietnam is becoming the new mecca for outsourcing in Asia. Vietnam has a comparative advantage in young skilled labor where greater than fifty-percent of the 85 million…

Well, today was the day. July 17, 2007, my students had to turn in their collages. Look at the pictures below, I was surprised at how much work they put into their…

I lost my Stylix for my mobile phone last Saturday. I have been using my thumb to type my SMS messages. What a pain. Well, yesterday I went to the FPT Mobile Service…

Met with my student, Chi Mai, yesterday at Gloria Jean's Coffee in District 1. I consider Gloria Jean's Coffee one of the most expensive in Saigon but with the good…

Yesterday, Tony, his wife, and I attended the Vietnam Computer Electronics World Expo 2007. I came around 10:30 AM and ended staying over 2 hours. My frien, Mai, helped…

What's up with Google here in Vietnam? Google thinks that my T60 Thinkpad running OpenSUSE Linux 10.2 may be infected with a virus or has spyware. Google is so funny…

I met Mai and Vi at the Like This Cafe in Saigon. Yeah, there is a cafe named "Like This" and it is quite near my house. I never noticed it thus this was my first time…

Just giving a plug for my friend's new company, Games Corner, located here in Vietnam. He sells the original Electronic Arts Games either online or at one of his stores…

It all started with a simple meeting with Mr. Quang from Vina Consulting about a month ago. He asked Tony and I if we were interested in presenting open source…

As you all are aware, there has been a lot of construction going around my house for the past year. If you ever noticed the houses standing next to each other, you will…

Just giving yet another plug for another friend's company, Tri Viet Consulting Company. Tri Viet Consulting Company will focus on helping companies become listed in…

Yesterday afternoon I joined my SaigonTech students to celebrate 4 July birthdays. I met them all at about 4:30 PM at Lang Nuong Nam Bo in District 10. We ate a lot…

Wow, I was on Cach Mang Thang Tam yesterday at 4:30 PM, the traffic was heavy especially at this round about. There has been a large increase in the number of cars AND…

Friday night I was at the Hoa Vien Brauhaus (Czech Beerhouse) on 28 bis Mac Dinh Chi Street in District 1. It was a nice place to relax and spend some time with friends…